Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping Salary — Huntington, West Virginia

The average Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping in Huntington, West Virginia earns $44,300 a year.

$44,300 / year, mean
↓ 16.1% below national average 80th percentile in West Virginia

Huntington pays well above most of West Virginia for this role, landing in the top third statewide. That's noticeably below the national average for human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping, worth factoring into any relocation math. Cost of living here runs below the national average, which can offset a lower headline salary. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within West Virginia

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
70
Estimate confidence
RSE 2.7%
Cost of living 88 #173 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1318 #1 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $166,506 #181 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $58,483 #173 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Huntington ranks #173 for cost of living and #181 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Jose $69,560 San Francisco $68,520 Vallejo $62,320 Seattle $61,650 Oxnard $61,170 Lexington Park $60,400 Sacramento $60,330 Santa Rosa $59,740 Napa $59,690 San Luis Obispo $59,010 Santa Cruz $58,560 Los Angeles $57,860 Baltimore $57,150 New York $57,050 Mount Vernon $56,900 Corvallis $56,890 Bremerton $56,660 San Diego $56,330 Stockton $56,050 Portland $56,000 Modesto $55,640 Bellingham $55,620 Elizabethtown $55,500 Riverside $55,170 Bend $55,070 Kennewick $55,010 Winchester $54,480 Ithaca $54,340 Trenton $54,060 Yuba City $53,910 Kiryas Joel $53,820 Salem $53,720 Visalia $53,710 Santa Maria $53,700 Albany $53,680 Dallas $53,670 Charlottesville $53,630 Bakersfield $53,510 Wenatchee $53,450 Spokane $53,430 Richmond $53,300 Merced $53,270 Vineland $52,950 Binghamton $52,850 Yakima $52,850 Tampa $52,820 Salinas $52,790 Palm Bay $52,710 Lansing $52,660 Chicago $52,600 Philadelphia $52,460 Fresno $52,270 Olympia $52,150 Salisbury $52,150 Chico $51,920 Atlantic City $51,870 Naples $51,860 Allentown $51,830 Hagerstown $51,680 Syracuse $51,420 Midland $51,210 Springfield $51,050 Parkersburg $50,940 Louisville $50,850 Medford $50,810 Ann Arbor $50,730 Jacksonville $50,700 Harrisonburg $50,550 Rochester $50,550 Crestview $50,420 Lexington $50,250 Port St. Lucie $50,250 Detroit $50,220 Reading $50,180 Utica $50,180 Killeen $50,080 Miami $50,060 Harrisburg $49,990 Lynchburg $49,920 Scranton $49,910 State College $49,760 Elkhart $49,670 Peoria $49,670 Buffalo $49,640 Glens Falls $49,450 San Antonio $49,350 York $49,340 Indianapolis $49,330 Dover $49,280 Redding $49,260 Watertown $49,240 Lancaster $49,210 Houston $49,100 Chambersburg $48,980 Lakeland $48,920 Blacksburg $48,770 Sarasota $48,740 Virginia Beach $48,740 Pittsburgh $48,590 Eugene $48,570 Saginaw $48,430 Deltona $48,350 Kingston $48,290 Grand Rapids $48,200 Terre Haute $48,190 Gainesville $48,060 El Centro $47,950 Ocala $47,720 Hanford $47,580 Flint $47,540 Austin $47,500 Erie $47,360 Fort Wayne $47,130 Wichita Falls $47,050 Orlando $47,020 Lafayette $46,910 Elmira $46,810 Beaumont $46,640 Rockford $46,360 South Bend $46,260 Bowling Green $46,010 Fort Myers $45,820 Waco $45,770 Pensacola $45,500 Abilene $45,430 Roanoke $45,310 Bloomington $45,290 Bloomington $45,170 Corpus Christi $45,140 Kalamazoo $44,980 Longview $44,630 Tallahassee $44,350 Huntington $44,300 El Paso $44,160 Evansville $43,150 Brownsville $43,010 Charleston $42,890 Morgantown $42,730 Lubbock $42,390 Amarillo $41,870 Wheeling $41,300 McAllen $40,820 Laredo $35,500 College Station $29,400
CityMean salaryvs. Huntington
Abilene, Texas$45,430+2.6%
Albany, New York$53,680+21.2%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$51,830+17.0%
Amarillo, Texas$41,870-5.5%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$50,730+14.5%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$51,870+17.1%
Austin, Texas$47,500+7.2%
Bakersfield, California$53,510+20.8%
Baltimore, Maryland$57,150+29.0%
Beaumont, Texas$46,640+5.3%
Bellingham, Washington$55,620+25.6%
Bend, Oregon$55,070+24.3%
Binghamton, New York$52,850+19.3%
Blacksburg, Virginia$48,770+10.1%
Bloomington, Illinois$45,290+2.2%
Bloomington, Indiana$45,170+2.0%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$46,010+3.9%
Bremerton, Washington$56,660+27.9%
Brownsville, Texas$43,010-2.9%
Buffalo, New York$49,640+12.1%
Fort Myers, Florida$45,820+3.4%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$48,980+10.6%
Charleston, West Virginia$42,890-3.2%
Charlottesville, Virginia$53,630+21.1%
Chicago, Illinois$52,600+18.7%
Chico, California$51,920+17.2%
College Station, Texas$29,400-33.6%
Corpus Christi, Texas$45,140+1.9%
Corvallis, Oregon$56,890+28.4%
Crestview, Florida$50,420+13.8%
Dallas, Texas$53,670+21.2%
Deltona, Florida$48,350+9.1%
Detroit, Michigan$50,220+13.4%
Dover, Delaware$49,280+11.2%
El Centro, California$47,950+8.2%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$55,500+25.3%
Elkhart, Indiana$49,670+12.1%
Elmira, New York$46,810+5.7%
El Paso, Texas$44,160-0.3%
Erie, Pennsylvania$47,360+6.9%
Eugene, Oregon$48,570+9.6%
Evansville, Indiana$43,150-2.6%
Flint, Michigan$47,540+7.3%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$47,130+6.4%
Fresno, California$52,270+18.0%
Gainesville, Florida$48,060+8.5%
Glens Falls, New York$49,450+11.6%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$48,200+8.8%
Hagerstown, Maryland$51,680+16.7%
Hanford, California$47,580+7.4%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$49,990+12.8%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$50,550+14.1%
Houston, Texas$49,100+10.8%
Indianapolis, Indiana$49,330+11.4%
Ithaca, New York$54,340+22.7%
Jacksonville, Florida$50,700+14.4%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$44,980+1.5%
Kennewick, Washington$55,010+24.2%
Killeen, Texas$50,080+13.0%
Kingston, New York$48,290+9.0%
Kiryas Joel, New York$53,820+21.5%
Lafayette, Indiana$46,910+5.9%
Lakeland, Florida$48,920+10.4%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$49,210+11.1%
Lansing, Michigan$52,660+18.9%
Laredo, Texas$35,500-19.9%
Lexington, Kentucky$50,250+13.4%
Lexington Park, Maryland$60,400+36.3%
Longview, Texas$44,630+0.7%
Los Angeles, California$57,860+30.6%
Louisville, Kentucky$50,850+14.8%
Lubbock, Texas$42,390-4.3%
Lynchburg, Virginia$49,920+12.7%
McAllen, Texas$40,820-7.9%
Medford, Oregon$50,810+14.7%
Merced, California$53,270+20.2%
Miami, Florida$50,060+13.0%
Midland, Texas$51,210+15.6%
Modesto, California$55,640+25.6%
Morgantown, West Virginia$42,730-3.5%
Mount Vernon, Washington$56,900+28.4%
Napa, California$59,690+34.7%
Naples, Florida$51,860+17.1%
New York, New York$57,050+28.8%
Sarasota, Florida$48,740+10.0%
Ocala, Florida$47,720+7.7%
Olympia, Washington$52,150+17.7%
Orlando, Florida$47,020+6.1%
Oxnard, California$61,170+38.1%
Palm Bay, Florida$52,710+19.0%
Parkersburg, West Virginia$50,940+15.0%
Pensacola, Florida$45,500+2.7%
Peoria, Illinois$49,670+12.1%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$52,460+18.4%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$48,590+9.7%
Portland, Oregon$56,000+26.4%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$50,250+13.4%
Reading, Pennsylvania$50,180+13.3%
Redding, California$49,260+11.2%
Richmond, Virginia$53,300+20.3%
Riverside, California$55,170+24.5%
Roanoke, Virginia$45,310+2.3%
Rochester, New York$50,550+14.1%
Rockford, Illinois$46,360+4.7%
Sacramento, California$60,330+36.2%
Saginaw, Michigan$48,430+9.3%
Salem, Oregon$53,720+21.3%
Salinas, California$52,790+19.2%
Salisbury, Maryland$52,150+17.7%
San Antonio, Texas$49,350+11.4%
San Diego, California$56,330+27.2%
San Francisco, California$68,520+54.7%
San Jose, California$69,560+57.0%
San Luis Obispo, California$59,010+33.2%
Santa Cruz, California$58,560+32.2%
Santa Maria, California$53,700+21.2%
Santa Rosa, California$59,740+34.9%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$49,910+12.7%
Seattle, Washington$61,650+39.2%
South Bend, Indiana$46,260+4.4%
Spokane, Washington$53,430+20.6%
Springfield, Illinois$51,050+15.2%
State College, Pennsylvania$49,760+12.3%
Stockton, California$56,050+26.5%
Syracuse, New York$51,420+16.1%
Tallahassee, Florida$44,350+0.1%
Tampa, Florida$52,820+19.2%
Terre Haute, Indiana$48,190+8.8%
Trenton, New Jersey$54,060+22.0%
Utica, New York$50,180+13.3%
Vallejo, California$62,320+40.7%
Vineland, New Jersey$52,950+19.5%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$48,740+10.0%
Visalia, California$53,710+21.2%
Waco, Texas$45,770+3.3%
Watertown, New York$49,240+11.2%
Wenatchee, Washington$53,450+20.7%
Wheeling, West Virginia$41,300-6.8%
Wichita Falls, Texas$47,050+6.2%
Winchester, Virginia$54,480+23.0%
Yakima, Washington$52,850+19.3%
York, Pennsylvania$49,340+11.4%
Yuba City, California$53,910+21.7%

This metro area spans more than one state — where you actually pay income tax depends on where you work, not just where BLS assigns the area. Choose your work state:

Gross salary
44,300/yr
Estimated take-home
36,571/yr
Est. total withheld
17.4%

Single filer, federal + state tax (where the selected state levies one) + FICA, 2026 rates, for whichever state you select above. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 43-4161 SOC code
Official area Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 26580 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: wv_tax_division_verificado 2026
Metro also includes
Ashland
Multi-state area: WV;KY;OH
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Where this is

AK HI

Highlighted: West Virginia

Population (metro area)
372,801